terra di tutti art festival
Social cinema and performing arts from the Global South
9th special edition for the European Year for Development 2015 | 7-11 october
SYRIAN EDGE
J. Martin Baigorria, Lisa Tormena | Italy, Lebanon | 2015 | 20'
The Syrians officially registered in Lebanon as refugees are 200,000. The people survive thanks to international aid and the efforts of the municipalities. The documentary tells the stories of refugees and the Lebanese community. It is part of a campaign to raise awarness, managed by GVC and financed by ECHO- European Commission's Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection department.
Juan Martin Baigorria (Argentina 1977) lives in Bologna, where he works as documentarist and photographer. Lisa Tormena directed Aïcha è tornata, a documentary about the “return migration” in Morocco. Lisa Tormena, 1980, graduated in International Relations, is journalist and documentarist. The two directors are members of the cooperative Sunset, Social Cooperative on Communication in Forlì.